Ove Christian Dahl (29 January 186217 September 1940) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in

Orkdal Orkdal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipal ...

. He graduated in philology from the University of Kristiania in 1886, and then worked as a teacher. His interests eventually turned towards

botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

, and he was appointed at the Botanical Museum in Kristiania from 1893 to 1922, the first years as assistant to professor

Axel Blytt Axel Gudbrand Blytt (19 May 1843 – 18 July 1898) was a Norwegian professor, botanist and geologist. He was the author of a number of books regarding the flora of Norway. Today he is most associated with his role in developing the Blytt-Sernan ...

. He is particularly known for his plant geographical works, and also for completing Blytt's Norwegian flora in 1906. This flora was the only such work in Norway until the 1940s. His later years were tragic, and he spent his last eighteen years at a psychiatric institution.

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1862 births 1940 deaths People from Orkdal 19th-century Norwegian botanists University of Oslo alumni 20th-century Norwegian botanists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub